272 INDIGENT STUDENTS IN ABRA TOWN RECEIVE EDUCATIONAL AID
B ANGUED, Abra
At least 272 indigent students from the Municipality of Tineg received educational assistance under
the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS). Municipal Social Welfare and Development Officer Miracle Esther C. Batawang said that the municipality was allotted P1 million educational
assistance for college, senior high school, and junior high school students.“Daytoy ket through the initiative of Senator Loren Legarda in partnership with the DSWD and the Local Government of
Tineg,” she shared.
Batwang bared that the beneficiaries are from households with less that P29,000 monthly income. She explained that the fund was divided among the ten barangays of the municipality. For the three most populous barangays namely Caganayan, Agsimao, and Alaoa, 19 slots were allotted for college beneficiaries, and ten each for senior and junior high school students. For barangays Anayan, Apao, Belaat, Cogon, Lanec, Lapat-Balantay, and Naglibacan, ten slots were given for college students, six
for senior high school, and five for junior high school beneficiaries.
College students received P5,000, senior high school students got P3,000, and junior high school beneficiaries P2,000 each. The payout for said educational assistance was held at the Bangued Covered Court on October 4, 2023. Tineg Mayor Brethren Jireeh Crisologo assured the continuous support of the local government to education and the students in the municipality. “Ada latta iti Gobyerno Lokal ti Tineg nga mangsuporta para iti pagsayaatan ti amin nga studyante,” he said.
The Mayor also reiterated to the students to do good in their studies towards a better future.
(JDP/JJPM-PIA CAR, Abra)
